Posted on 01/24/2006 12:33:52 PM PST by SirLinksalot
How Real Are The American Idol Auditions ?
In what is becoming one of the most analyzed pieces of video since the Kennedy assassination, the premiere episodes of American Idol 5 seem to be revealing their own grassy knolls. One of the biggest controversies swirling is how the judges are interacting with the young, hopeful contestants. American Idol 5 appears to have offended everyone from heavyset women to gays and lesbians to sun tanning enthusiasts.
Perhaps a bigger question that has arisen than who has American Idol offended is how much reality is actually involved in the auditions. Rumors have been circulating that David Hoover’s advancement to Hollywood might not have been that crazy after all. Mr. Hoover is apparently a pretty good singer, who has several original songs on his website. Did the judges let him through with his wacky audition knowing that when he made it to Hollywood that his true singing skills would make a good story?
Another audition that left many viewers wondering was an audition by a very tan Crystal Parizanski..or should we say two auditions by a very tan Crystal Parizanski. Reality TV Magazine reported last week that Crystal Parizanski showed up twice wearing two different shirts during the American Idol premiere. Crystal initially appeared in a pink shirt singing “And I’m Telling You.” Simon Cowell made fun of her sun tan, and the judges elected not to send her through to Hollywood. Crystal then reappeared at the end of the show in a grey shirt singing “Lady Marmalade.” The second time around Simon Cowell said “that was the worst we’ve had in Chicago” after her audition.
Reality TV Magazine got in touch with Crystal Parizanski, and she cleared up some lingering questions about her audition(s) in the American Idol 5 premiere.
Reality TV Magazine: You were shown auditioning twice in front of Paula, Simon, and Randy. One time you sang "And I'm Telling You" and the other time "Lady Marmalade." Did you really audition in front of them twice or was one of the auditions in front of someone else?
Crystal: I auditioned with the “And I Am Tell You” in front of them. The “Lady Marmalade” was a SONG that was REQUIRED BY THE PRODUCER, for us, "the contestants" to learn within an hour, to perform in front of Nigel, the producer, NOT RANDY SIMON AND PAULA, as they made it seem. Also, furthermore the auditions did not consist of "one day" of auditioning, there were 3 auditions previous to the audition leading to Randy, Simon, and Paula.
Reality TV Magazine: How do you feel about the editing showing Simon Cowell calling you the worst in Chicago after the "Lady Marmalade" audition?
Crystal: I find it VERY fraudulent! And that's what my lawyer says also :).
Reality TV Magazine: Why did it take you so long to respond to Simon's question about your sun tan?
Crystal: I didn’t, they edited it to make me look stupid, actually…what ACTUALLY happened was a quick reply of me saying.. I go tanning THANKS.
Reality TV Magazine: Do you regret auditioning for American Idol?
Crystal: Yes. Also they told me to "look better in Simon’s eyes" I should put more makeup on, and they came into the WOMANS bathroom to FILM IT! When I told them I was scared and I felt NAUSEOUS and just to make a mockery of me and my mother they told us to "strut" down the street, while filming. Also they edited out most of the AUDITION which you can notice by my song being "cut" in half! I came back when they "followed" me out the doors all the way to the street corner, and I asked them.. "was the whole bathroom skit to make a mockery of me?" Apparently it was. But they failed to air that on their "show."
Reality TV Magazine: Is there anything else that you would like to tell us about your American Idol audition?
Crystal: Reality isn’t Reality!
It turns out that Crystal Parizanski isn’t the only one to audition for American Idol with some concerns about the editing. A MySpace blog (located by MJ’s Big Blog) from an American Idol contestant named Jennifer Sieminski that made it to Hollywood contains an American Idol FAQ section. In response to a question about if Paula, Randy, and Simon really saw all those people, Jennifer responds “no, and it really bothers me that they made it look that way…” Jennifer also goes on to tell that the “Lady Marmalade” song actually occurred in front of Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick, which seems to back up at least part of Crystal’s audition story.
Where does all this leave us? Well, if Crystal Parizanski didn’t sing “Lady Marmalade” in front of Simon Cowell, then we are left wondering “Who did Simon really think was the worst singer in Chicago?” Perhaps, just like if there was really a second shooter in the Kennedy assassination, it is one of those questions that we might never know the true answer to.
Well no doubt. As if Simon has time to sit through 10,000 auditions. They would be at each city for months. Everyone is screened and they purposely send in some of the worst performers to get laughs. So what Simon, Paula, and Randy see are the best singers and the worst singers and some that are just ineteresting characters. Then I am sure the producers provolk the contestants to try to get good clips to create drama.
Your comments are right on the money.
like ha ha
no way that airhead used the word "fraudulent".
Gasp. You mean to tell me they edit TV shows? You mean we don't see every single detail as it unfolded in real time? You mean Simon, Paula and Randy don't personally sit through 40,000 auditions in each city? You mean they only show us the most entertaining tidbits? My world is shattered!
Like, dog, I'm telling you...............
Psst, wrestling is fake, too.
So is my sister in laws's sincerity.
FYI..only 3hrs 15 minuites to go!!!
Its a funny show and if it irritates the gay liberal mafia I will make sure that I have 2 TVs tuned in every week.
I liked the unique matching outfit Paradise Housecleaning guy.
I mean I liked his outfits, don't know him personally.
I think we know what happens when Echo Talon turns off the tv.
He turns on Free Republic! : )
No the tv is always on, i need background noise. :D
Ain't that the truth! There's no way Paris Jr. knows what "fraudulent" means. That was her lawyer talking. (And what kind of an ambulance-chaser would take her as a client???)
I don't know who held down the caps lock on this quote, but it's hardly news. Nearly 9,000 people auditioned in every city Idol toured in the fall of 2005. There's no way that Simon, Paula and Randy are going to sit through that many auditions, most of which were too monotonous to be seen on TV.
The producers widdled the 9,000 hopefuls down to about 80 to 100 of the most interesting for the final decision by the star judges.
That's what I said! :)
It's done repeatedly on dozens of different shows. I guess "they" think we're pretty stupid.
Stories like these amaze and infuriate me. The singers had to audition three times! (gasp!) Their performances were edited! (gasp!) Well no kidding. Have these people never watched this show before?
There was the usual mix of contestants, I think 12 in all, all of whom were by themselves; except for two guys who were entering together. They of course, were fags,
I knew right then and there (first episode) that the fags would "win."
I never watched another episode until the last one, the "big finale." Sure enough, the fags won. Typical "reality" BS.
You've got Paris Jr.'s video! :)
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